Product Information

Overview

The mophie Juice Pack Powerstation External Battery for iPhone, iPod and iPad includes a special high-output battery that provides ultra-fast charging. It charges at up to four times the current offered by traditional 500mAh batteries. The Powerstation can also switch between a 500mAh charge (typical), a 1A charge and 2.1A; which is great for iPad.

Sustainable, stylish design

Thanks to Powerstation's improved conversion efficiency, more power actually makes it to your iPhone, iPod or iPad. In addition, the soft-touch finish and metal band nicely compliment the design of your iPhone.

Invisible LEDs

The six-LED status indicator lights let you see charging progress at a glance; then they disappear when not in use.

Highlights

Advanced battery cell delivers fast charging system

Can switch among 500mAh, 1A and 2.1A charges

Sustainable design gets more power to your iPhone, iPod or iPad

Ultra-compact design makes it easy carry

Stylish soft touch exterior with metal side design

Six-light "invisible" LED status indicator

Large 4000mAh battery for plenty of power

Did you notice?

An extremely efficient design delivers more power to your iPhone, iPod or iPad than traditional back-up batteries.

Apple Recommends For

Quickly and fully charge your iPhone, iPod or iPad when its battery is running low.

Almost there but not yet perfect

4.0 out of 5 stars

This is an excellent backup power supply which I'm sure you will enjoy. Its outside appearance is obviously derived from the iPhon
This is an excellent backup power supply which I'm sure you will enjoy. Its outside appearance is obviously derived from the iPhone 4 and this is a positive quality. Imitation is the greatest form of flattery, after all.

Sizewise, it is 1.5 times as thick, 1/2 inch shorter, and exactly as wide as the iPhone 4. It's just about the same weight as #4, but perhaps 15 grams lighter. The black surface is rubberized and provides an ideal platform on which to rest #4 while it's charging. There is a single button on the side which when pressed indicates its current status via 4 lights. Of course less illuminated lights means less charge is left. When charging, these same 4 lights blink incrementally until 100% charge is reached, at which point all lights remain steady.

This is one of several Mophie power source products and this model is the universalized version in that it utilizes the ubiquitous USB interface. While it does not tie itself exclusively to the Apple proprietary interface, the manual explicitly states it was primarily designed for Apple products. No guarantee is offered for other mobile products. (One must wonder why they even bothered univeralizing it if they weren't going to test compatibility with other devices.) For this reason, the user is required to provide his own interface cable which must be USB on the mating end. So if you choose to acquire this premium product, you must consider the additional cost of an extra Apple docking cable, should you require one.

To charge a device using this product, you connect it via your supplied USB cable, and push the only button available on its side to turn it on. Simple!

To charge the device itself, you connect to it the supplied micro-USB cable which has a standard USB interface on the other end. From here you are free to connect it to any charging source which offers USB output.

2) Ensuring I have a backup power source if I get lost in the woods during one of my nature treks.

I give it 4 stars for these reasons:

1) It gets confused if attempting to charge the device immediately after using it to charge another device. If you try to do this, the charge lights will blink for about 3 seconds before all 4 of them go steady. This will give you the false impression that the device is fully charged, but I assure you it is not. You must wait for an undetermined time period (perhaps 30 minutes?) before it will correctly start charging. I read about this same flaw elsewhere, but decided to see for myself it if was true. Indeed it was.

2) I do not like that there are 2 separate interfaces: USB to charge devices and micro-USB to charge the device itself. This means I need to keep track of one extra wire with my arsenal of electronic gadgets. It would have been better to integrate the device's charge interface with the device itself. Perhaps a retractable USB cable?

All in all, this is a well designed product I think most people will find acceptable by non-Apple standards.
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Written by Justin D from Arlington

Dec 3, 2011

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Almost there but not yet perfect

Best Mophie Product

5.0 out of 5 stars

This is so much better than the prior Mophie products that encase the device. I used this last night to charge my iPhone 4s and m
This is so much better than the prior Mophie products that encase the device. I used this last night to charge my iPhone 4s and my son's iPod touch. It is great because you can use your device while charging it and it doesn't block any of the speakers or headphone jacks. It charged both devices while they were being used and 2 of the 4 lights on the battery were lit after the devices were charged. It is a little bigger than I expected but in comparison to the other Mophie external batteries which are almost as big but have a much smaller power capacity, this is the best buy. It isn't as heavy as you would expect given its size (a little shorter than the iPhone 4s).
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Written by Meghan U from Edison

Oct 29, 2011

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Best Mophie Product

Versatile

5.0 out of 5 stars

I love that this will charge even iPad. It's good for 2 full charges of the iPhone or half of the iPad. Both ways it's great for e
I love that this will charge even iPad. It's good for 2 full charges of the iPhone or half of the iPad. Both ways it's great for emergencies and wonderfully portable.
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Overpriced

I bought one of these then Bought a Rav Power - 3 X the capacity of my Mophie for less than 40 bucks!

Written by Grant H from San Francisco

Sep 13, 2014

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Overpriced

Not very Happy

5.0 out of 5 stars

it will charge your iphone 4s your ipad 4 but after 5 charges will not work waiting if they send me a second one after having this
it will charge your iphone 4s your ipad 4 but after 5 charges will not work waiting if they send me a second one after having this one for 1 mouth i do love it. comes in handy. there good at replacing the item if it goes wrong like i said its my second one in two mouths and now sent them an email for them to send me another fingers cross.
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Written by Yiannis G from Enfleld

Aug 3, 2014

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Disappointed

1.0 out of 5 stars

Bought one almost a year ago for IPhone5. It would never hold a charge. Last time I recharged it a big bulge developed in the mi
Bought one almost a year ago for IPhone5. It would never hold a charge. Last time I recharged it a big bulge developed in the middle of the device and it separated at the front edge. I have one of their power jackets that works fine. I have used their products with previous versions of IPhone with no problems so was disappointed this one did not work.
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Best Answer:

No, it can not charge your macbook air. All devices that can be charged true USB and have a charging
No, it can not charge your macbook air. All devices that can be charged true USB and have a charging current of 2,1A or less will work without problems.
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Answer

Yes but with only a capacity of 4000 mAh it can only charge an iPad Air to roughly 40%. I would get
Yes but with only a capacity of 4000 mAh it can only charge an iPad Air to roughly 40%. I would get a larger capacity external battery if I wanted to fully charge an iPad Air. Mophie Powerstation XL for example.
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